Arch-support.



A. F. GREENlG-.

ARCH SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10. I915.

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ALBERT F. GBEENIG, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

ARCH-SUPPORT.

aisaoea To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT F. GREENIG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lancaster, 'in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Arch-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in arch supports.

The object of the invention is to provide an arch support that will be comfortable to the foot and one that will properly distribute the normal strains so as to bring them upon the proper parts of the foot.

The invention consists in the main, of a main plate covered with the usual leather backing shaped to fit said plate at its central portion and at its ends, and sides to conform generally to the shape of the inside of the shoe, the main plate-being provided with a single slit on one side and a series of slits on the opposite side, the inner ends of the slits terminating short of the central portion of the plate and a securing plate by which the main plate is held in position, and by which the metallic portions of the support are attached to the leather cover.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an inverted plan view of the support. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the main plate, and Fig. 3 is a central cross section, showing the manner of engagement between the main and securing plates.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the usual leather cover, shaped at one end as indicated at 2, to be snugly received in the heel portion of the shoe. This cover is shaped at its other end 3, so as to grade off into the ball part of the shoe, and is thinnedat its forward edge, so as to run gradually on to the inner part of the shoe.

The numeral 4 designates the main plate. This is shaped so as to conform to the arch of the instep 0n the inside thereof, by reason of it being curved upwardly, as indicated at 5. The opposite side of this plate is curved slightly, as indicated at 6, the curved portion 5 being provided centrally with a single slit 7 extending to about the center of the plate, as shown clearly in Fig. 1, while the Serial No. 33,312.

opposite side is provided with three slits, a, b, and c, which slits extend only partially across the main plate. The main plate is secured to a securing plate 8 by means of a series of rivets 9, and the securing plate in turn is secured to the leather cover by two rivets 10. The main plate is secured to Patented ept. 7, 1915.

the securing plate, it will be noted, at a distance quite remote from the curved or inner portion 5, and the ends of the mainplate are so shaped that they will have a bearing upon the securing plate for only a part of the width of said plate, or from about the points d, 6, thus providing a structure wherein the main plate willhave a resilient action relative to the securing plate, which, in addition to the resiliency given to the portion 5, by the slit 7, gives to the structure a resiliency that causes it to conform to the movements of the foot in walking, it being noted that the forward part of the main plate may have an action independent of the rear portion. The opposite side of the plate is also slightly curved to fit the portion of the foot opposite the instep arch, or the outside of the foot, and this plate also gets a resiliency adjacent to the outer edge of the securing plate, by reason ofthe provision of the slits a, b, c.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1'. An arch support comprising a securing plate and a main plate superimposed upon the securing plate and attached thereto adjacent to one side of the main plate, and having its sides extended beyond the securing plate, said main plate being upwardly curved on the arch side of the foot and provided with a' central slit, extending almost to the center ofsaid plate, the opposite side of said main plate being provided with a series of slits extending inwardly from the edge thereof toward the center of said plate, and a cover of non-metallic material secured to the securing plate.

2. An arch support comprising a securing plate, and a main plate secured to the securing plate near the outer edge thereof, the main plate being upwardly curved from points considerably within the inner edge of the securing plate, whereby said plate is permitted to have a resilient action with relation to the securing plate, the main plate being provided on the inner side in the curved portion thereof, with a slit, whereby the front and rear side portions of said plate may have independent movements, and a; series of slits in the opposite or outer side of the main plate and extendmg from the edge thereof toward the center, whereby said 10 outer portion is rendered resilient.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT F. GREENIG.

Witnesses:

JAMES L. CRAWFORD, TITIAN W. JoHNsoN. 

